Subpopulation Triage: How to Allocate Conservation Effort among Populations

Threatened species often exist in a small number of isolated subpopulations. Given limitations on conservation spending, managers must choose from strategies that range from managing just one subpopulation and risking all other subpopulations to managing all subpopulations equally and poorly, thereb...

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Published in:	Conservation biology Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 656 - 665
Main Authors:	McDONALD-MADDEN, EVE, BAXTER, PETER W.J., POSSINGHAM, HUGH P.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.06.2008 Blackwell Publishing, Inc Blackwell Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects:	Animal populations Animal, plant and microbial ecology Animals Applied ecology asignación de recursos financieros Biological and medical sciences California Case studies Conservation Conservation biology Conservation of Natural Resources Conservation of Natural Resources - methods Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife decision theory dynamic programming Economics Ecosystem Endangered & extinct species Environmental economics Environmental management especies amenazadas extinction financial resource allocation Fixed costs Foxes Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Funds General aspects Habitat conservation habitats Indonesia managers manejo óptimo methods Models, Biological Models, Economic optimal management Optimal strategies Panthera tigris Parks, reserves, wildlife conservation. Endangered species: population survey and restocking Poaching Population Density Population ecology principio general programación estocástica dinámica rule of thumb San Joaquin kit fox Species extinction stochastic dynamic programming Stochastic models Stochastic Processes Subpopulations Sumatran tiger teoría de decisiones Threatened species Tigers Tigre de Sumatra Vulpes Vulpes macrotis mutica Wildlife conservation California Indonesia USA, California, San Joaquin Valley Fissipedia Carnivora Panthera tigris decision theory Endangered species Sumatran tiger Theory Resource allocation Conservation rule of thumb stochastic dynamic programming Vertebrata Mammalia Dynamics threatened species San Joaquin kit fox financial resource allocation optimal management Environmental protection
ISSN:	0888-8892, 1523-1739, 1523-1739
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